Friday, September 24, 2010

I'll have to knit one of these to keep for myself one day. I'm giving them all away. Here's a new lace bookmark design. I call it (actually, Wayne thought of the title) "Leaf me alone, I'm reading". We stopped by Fiber Art, Inc. last Saturday and I bought 3 more balls of Mini Mochi in different colorways. I've got enough now to knit 30 or so more bookmarks. The pattern for "Leaf me alone" is here.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Purple 4 x 4 diamonds in a mohair/nylon blend sock yarn. I'm nearing the end of one ball of Mini Mochi sock yarn. I've got another one, though! Fiber Art, Inc. has a sale on and I'm heading there for more. I've knitted 9 bookmarks out of one ball. You can find the charted pattern for this bookmark here.

I am ready for some autumn. There was a tiny bit of coolness to the morning a couple of days ago, but it's right back into the 90's today. Orchids blooming now include a Vanda Wayne rescued at a yard sale a couple of years ago, and a big white Phalaeonopsis.

There are also flowers blooming on the morning glory and the cardinal vine, both of which were grown from seed packets I found when I cleaned out a kitchen junk drawer. The packets were dated 1996, so I'm pleased and surprised that they grew at all. The Dutchman's Pipe Vine continues to amaze us with it's spectacular blooms and the beautiful coleus that a neighbor gave me is blooming, too.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Were Decartes a knitter, he would most likely tink. I just tried to tink, but ended up frogging an entire experimental lace bookmark. Lace is very hard to tink (knit, backwards) when one has made an error. Those yarnovers and decreases are difficult to undo properly, even if you have a straight purl side. Since the bookmark is small, I can reknit quickly. Took a break to make a couple dozen blueberry muffins from a recipe in Sheila Lukins' USA Cookbook. Meanwhile, Lenny and Sasha sleep oblivious to the little pile of frogged yarn on the kitchen table.